Grapple.



To all whom it mayconcerii:

v EDWARD An;-gcvioooiric lle it known that l, EDWARD D. CoooltN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ratclilf, in the county ,of Logan, State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grapples; and ldo khereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will kenable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to improvements in grapples,`inore particularly to devices 'of this character employed for removing tubes from wells, and for like purposes, and ,has

, for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the eiliciency and utility of devices of this character.

lVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel vfeatures of construction as hereinafter shownl and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawings illustrative ofthe preferrei'l embodiment of the invention, Figure l is :i front elevation of the improved device in closed position, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 8 is a front elevation with the improved device in open position.

The improved device comprises a stock .10, of any suitable size and of any suitable material, and is provided at its lower end with laterally extending barbs 11 and with alongitudinal transverseslot 1'2 spaced above the barbed terminal. A. hoisting ring 27 is connected to the upper end of the stock, as shown. Bearing upon opposite sides of the stock and over the slot l2 are two resilient arms 134-14. and .secured in position by clam v)bolts extending through the arms and likewise through the Slot and provided with clamp nuts 16. By this means the arms may be adjusted longitudinally of the stock within the range of the slot or detached4 when the barbed portions 11 are to -be employed, thel object to be hereinafter explained.

The arms 13-14 are bent into the form shown and will be retained normally in closed position by their resiliency, or with their free ends in close proximity as shown in Fig. 1. At their lower ends the arms 1314 are curved outwardly as shown .at 17--18 .and are likewise provided respectively with a 'plurality of inwardly directed Y and upwardly inclined teeth or barbs 19--2O.v

A members Stm 22, while'a similar ,topfleverQ isipivo'tdf ai ein) um im 1.1. The ini-.erewiger-iii@ u 22-"-23 are shown at 25, this pivot: ein'g-'in the form'fof a' "rule-joint asV shown, so that the vnieitnbersA 224-23 are" free 5to 'be inove'd .upwardlyy #but "will, not-gnoyei downwardly;beycindfuz y Y l preferably i certain Vpredetermined vpoint, when the members 22-23 are in longitudinal alinement as shown in Fig. 1.y When in this position the-members 2Q-Q3 serve as .a jointed brace to maintain thek members 13-14 in their separated or distended position, as shown in Fig. 3, and then when the members 22--23 arc moved upwardly, the resiliency of the arms 13-14 wil cause them to move inwardly toward each other,

as shown in Fig. 1. A device thus constructed .forms an effect-ual and convenient iinpleinent for grappling objects of any size within the range of the arms 13--14 when distended, .but is designed, as before stated, for use more particularly for grappling well tubes or similar objects which have been lost in the bottom of a well.

lVhen required for use the members 22--23 are set manually as shown in Fi 3, to maintain the arms 1-3-14 in their distended 85 iositioii. The implement is then lowered into the well and the separated barbed portions of the arms pass upon opposite sides of the tube, and when the jointed members 2x2-23 engage the tube they are moved up- 90 wardly by the impact and thus trip the device and permit the barbs 19-20 to engage against; the sides of the tube, and then when upward force is applied to the stock 10 by the pull ring 27 the barbs will hold 95 the tube and carrv it. upward` out of the well. The barbs hei-ng pointed upwardly from opposite sides serve as effect-ual grap- Y pling members yfor the device, and prevent the tube from becoming disengaged until released manually after the removal has been accomplished.y A

It frequently hap ens that rubbish of various kinds accumu ates in the bottoms of wells, and it is ditlicult to reach the tube by reason of this rubbish, and the barbed por- .tions 11 upon the stock 10 forms an effectual im lement for accomplishing thisv result, an when occasion arises for employing the barbs 11-12 one of the clam-p' bolts 15 is 1"-0 removed and the other one loosened to enable the arms 13-14 to be turned upwardly uut of the wuy of the barbed terminal 11 so that the lnttermay be employed for breuk complishing all the work necessary to 'teA move the tubes, and does not require the ing up the accumulations of material at the bottom of the well, as above noted. The improved implement is thus capable of z cf nected at one end to the pole and extending befow the lower end of the same and haw ing their free ends inclined outwardly and away from euch other, said arms having mwalgf directed spurs, two bars binfredly um v said spring arms andhingedl united et their Ainner ends, the joint whic unites the free ends o'f the bars being arranged to lock ezlined position. In testimony whereof, I afix my signature, in presence of two glvitnesses.

s EDWARD XRD. COOGAN.

mln' Y i. e llf'itnesses: Y C. M. WATSON,

.i W. Gul-Lim..

at their outer ends respective y to n 25' .the same when thebars are in longitudinally Y 

